I always thought giving Nightcrawler Shape Change for the Image Inducer was reaching because he never actually used that option in battle but here you've got examples of where he did. So nuts to me.

Great break down, Thanks! I learned a lot about that little blue fur ball

Seems to me point costing is a valid question.
Most of us would like some insight on that process and Ben said he would answer questions on that.

So I will repeat...
Can you explain your experience with the point costing process?

How many itterations did you go through?
What were the point costs they sent back to you?
Did you tweak the figure based on the point costs they sent you?
What tweaks did you make?
Did you learning anything about the point costing process?
Did WK make tweaks for you?
Did you give them a point range you wanted?
Did they fill in the stats for you?
Are the SPs your own design or were they tweaked?

And now we know that the Wizkids point calculator is a kind of glory hole that point values are pushed through.

Ewwww. Sounds like they need more Swamp Thing and Floronic Man.

Is the argument of non-comics material being used even valid anymore? (Was it ever?) We have movie versions of Catwoman, Iron Man & War Machine, Jonah Hex, and an ENTIRE 25 FIGURE WATCHMEN SET, which was NOT based off the comics license, but the movie license. Non-comic material is already in heroclix, so it's not like it's anything new.

I still think he's overdone. I may not have done as much specific research as you, but I have read tons of X-men comics and can safely say that it's comic accurate to allow Nightcrawler to be hit. I think Shape Change and Super Senses at once is just the straw that breaks the camel's back. Personally, I would have put BAMF up at the front when he's in the open and then replaced it with shape change when he retreats to the shadows, but never have both at the same time. I also would not have given him 19 defense, since the guy gets shot and stabbed on a daily basis.

In the end, it's your dream figure and not mine, but he's too over the top for me and even though I like the character and the abilities on the figure, I'd feel a little guilty putting him on my side. Next to the other X-men, he seems to be in his own league.

Rep.

I'm sorry, I'm a NC Fanboy, and this dial still reeks of fanboy uberism. All the citations in the world don't change that.

My only gripe is...Nightcrawler has been known to be fatigued after teleporting, either friendlies or enemies...I'd have reflected that by having him take a click for pulling any enemy figures out of their formations.

I'm not sure that heroclix is strictly comics related anyhow. I've never seen anything that said it was only that. Certain characters and universes/licenses may not fit very well. In this case the movie and and cartoons are representations of the comic character. I see no reason they should be excluded.

What did some of your earlier iterations look like?

I can only hope that if/when we get the next fan-created dial, just as much research and thought is put into that dial. I can tell you're an aggressive player because this seems to be a min/max figure (that is a compliment). Some people will gripe about the point cost, as already witnessed in this thread, but I think after some play he will be manageable. I was wondering, was your goal to create a hyper-competitive figure or was it to create as comic-accurate a dial as possible for Nightcrawler?

Not that it matters, but I think you accomplished BOTH an accurate and competitive dial. Also, what is your favorite X-Men writer? Just remember, you can never make everyone happy and you are always going to be attacked no matter what dial you give him. Be proud of what you created, it was a fantastic accomplishment and great work.

I could keep going on and on with flattery, I'm just giddy right now.

He mentioned in another thread that he designed Nightcrawler to discourage tentpole teams, which kind of rankled me.

Not the discouraging of tentpole teams, but the fact that one player could design a figure to affect the meta of the game to nerf a playstyle he personally doesn't like.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up. Rep!

*You must spread rep around...and feed the children of the world...

Can someone cover me on this?

I can!

Oh, wait...no I can't...

Thanks for the thought though!